21 Buxton Lane, Caterham, CR3 5HG

21 Buxton Lane is a five-bedroom mid-terrace house in Caterham (CR3 5HG). It has a recorded floor area of 37 m² (around 398 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band F. At 37 m² this is the 3rd smallest of 10 units on EPC record in the building, where floor areas span 16–121 m². The building's EPC ratings span D to C, with this unit at the top. The latest certificate (May 2025) shows a C (score 70). When first surveyed in May 2020 the rating was D, the property has climbed 1 band since. Between certificates, wall efficiency went from Poor to Very Good and window efficiency went from Average to Good; while hot-water efficiency dropped from Good to Very Poor and main heating dropped from Good to Very Poor. Main heating runs on electricity.

At 37 m² it sits well below the postcode median (99 m² across 9 EPCs), making it one of the more compact homes locally. 2 planning records sit against the property, 2 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and partial demolition, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Today's modelled estimate of £862,000 is 21.4% above the 2021 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£1,783/sq ft) was about 343.4% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: February 2021 at £710,000. That sale was during the post-pandemic price surge, when transactions cleared materially above pre-2020 trend.